Seat 3: Matthias Lotze, 35, Dresden, Germany - PokerStars qualifier – 1,250,000 chips
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Lotze has been playing poker for four years and is now a full-time pro, playing exclusively tournaments. This is Lotze’s fourth EPT, having played the PCA, Dortmund in season 4 and Berlin last season, but he had yet to make it beyond Day 1. Online the former web designer has been very successful, winning a heads-up event for $90,000 and two further tourneys for $50,000 and $40,000. He has also finished sixth in a PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $30,000 and was runner-up in another online event for $130,000.